Don’t Miss It: Utah Highway 12
Don’t Miss It: Utah Highway 12 Now and then somebody publishes a list of “Ten Best Scenic Roads.” Most of these lists contain Going to the Sun Highway in Glacier National Park, Montana and Cabot...
View ArticleOff The Beaten Path: McDonald Observatory
Off The Beaten Path: McDonald Observatory In the Fall of 2000 on our coast-to-coast tandem bicycle trip we passed the McDonald Observatory in the Davis Mountains of west Texas without stopping. In 2015...
View ArticleOff The Beaten Path: Reelfoot Lake
Off The Beaten Path: Reelfoot Lake “A lake the earthquake created,” is Reelfoot Lake in northwestern Tennessee. Prior to 1811 this scantily populated corner of Tennessee was a swampy area of cypress...
View ArticleTiny Lights for RVers and Campers
Tiny Lights for RVers and Campers Most RVs have interior lights that work on 12 VDC battery power or 120 VAC shore power to light dark corners and illuminate activities like cooking, reading, and...
View ArticleTips: Entertaining in Your Class B RV
Tips: Entertaining in Your Class B RV At least half a dozen times in the past year we have invited guests into our camper for coffee and ice cream or a even a dinner. Sometimes these are... Roadtreking...
View ArticleDigital Frame All Your RV Photos
Digital Frame All Your RV Photos We have seen RVs with photos plastered on walls — kids, scenery, friends. Frankly, the pictures look klutzy, although we have seen some nicely done framed photos. But...
View ArticleHow to Make an Older RV Boondock-Ready with Just One Battery
How to Make an Older RV Boondock-Ready with Just One Battery You may have read about Mike Wendland’s and Campskunk’s field testing fancy new Roadtrek CS Adventurous XL models with a gazillion amps of...
View ArticleDIY and Gadgets: Adjusting RV Turn Signal Sounds
DIY and Gadgets: Adjusting RV Turn Signal Sounds “Roger, is the turn signal still on?” Lynn had detected a faint tick tick as we cruised down I-65 at the speed limit in our 1995 Dodge Roadtrek. We...
View ArticleHow to Handle The Smell of Hot Electrical Stuff While RVing
How to Handle The Smell of Hot Electrical Stuff While RVing Almost every trip we learn something and have something new and different to fix. Multiple opportunities to learn new stuff. Mostly minor...
View ArticleCody, Wyoming: RV to The Perfect Dose of Western Culture
Cody, Wyoming: RV to The Perfect Dose of Western Culture After my lovely Olga got her new oil pan and coolant hose in Colorado Springs, I bade farewell to my gracious hosts, and was on my merry way to...
View ArticleUnconcealed Carry: How to Take Your Bikes When RVing
Unconcealed Carry: How to Take Your Bikes When RVing Many Class B RV travelers enjoy taking their bicycles or motorcycles along with them while they travel. It is rather easy to bring your bikes if you...
View ArticleBoondocking in the Heat: Tips to Keep Cool in Your RV
Boondocking in the Heat: Tips to Keep Cool in Your RV Campskunk would say “follow the weather,” but sometimes we have a reason to be somewhere where it is uncomfortably warm – with no access to shore...
View ArticleStow Away an Inflatable Kayak in Your RV
Stow Away an Inflatable Kayak in Your RV In a few weeks we will start a six-week trip to the western United States, so we have been discussing how to pack a kayak in our Roadtrek RV. The... Roadtreking...
View ArticleTips: Upgrade Kitchen Lighting Easily
Tips: Upgrade Kitchen Lighting Easily When we bought our 1995 Dodge Roadtrek 190 Popular the kitchen had one feeble incandescent light, so it was too easy to serve the garbage instead of salad. We...
View ArticleSolar Power Revisited: Adding Solar to an Older Class B
Solar Power Revisited: Adding Solar to an Older Class B Two years ago we added solar to our then 18-year old Roadtrek 190 Popular. We followed the rule of thumb you often hear, “Add 100 watts of solar...
View ArticleRV Gadgets: Frustrate Insects with a Lightweight and Easy RV Screen Room
RV Gadgets: Frustrate Insects with a Lightweight and Easy RV Screen Room We seem to be mosquito magnets wherever we travel. We’ve been places you didn’t dare set a foot outside your door after dark....
View ArticleRV Awning Tips and Tricks
RV Awning Tips and Tricks Most Class B campers come with an awning already installed. It resides in its own garage on the right side above the door and it cranks out from the side... Roadtreking : The...
View ArticleThe Perfect Table: Customizing Your Camper
The Perfect Table: Customizing Your Camper Our Roadtrek friend Sharon stopped by today with her 2013 Roadtrek 190 Popular. We first met her over a year ago when she was in town visiting her sister....
View ArticleCarrying Your Zero Gravity Chair on an Older RV
Carrying Your Zero Gravity Chair on an Older RV Class B owners tend to be experts in compact packing. Among other things we tend to have compact camp chairs. The Pico Telescoping Chair is one favorite...
View ArticlePainless Refinishing of Your Older RV’s Wood Cabinets
Painless Refinishing of Your Older RV’s Wood Cabinets Our Roadtrek has oak cabinet doors and some oak interior trim. The cabinet walls are mostly a plastic oak veneer over plywood. The lower kitchen...
View ArticleOff The Beaten Path: Old Chain of Rocks Bridge
Off The Beaten Path: Old Chain of Rocks Bridge While planning our trip to the Southwestern U.S., we knew the journey was to be enjoyed. It seemed like the logical thing was to drive rather quickly to...
View ArticleOff The Beaten Path: Three Missouri Caves
Off The Beaten Path: Three Missouri Caves Missouri is known as the “cave state,” and on our trip down Historic U.S. 66 we passed three well-known show caves – two privately owned and one (formerly...
View ArticleOff the Beaten Path: Sandstone & Lava Gems
Off the Beaten Path: Sandstone & Lava Gems Our trip to the southwest on historic Route 66 has taken us through some beautiful scenery, but in reading about the area we saw in New Mexico, some of...
View ArticleObservations: When It Comes to RVing Friends, I Have the Best!
Observations: When It Comes to RVing Friends, I Have the Best! I consider myself uber lucky to have met so many wonderful RVers during my travels. I have visited a few, met up and been fed, socialized...
View ArticleZion Canyon by Bicycle
Zion Canyon by Bicycle Nearly everybody who travels has heard of Zion Canyon National Park in Utah. It’s in the south west corner of the state and displays one of the most spectacular, colorful......
View ArticleWinter Roadtreking: Warm Floors
As the temperature drops, are you envious when reading about heated floors in newer Class Bs? If so, there are plenty of ways to improve your comfort in your not-as-fancy motorhome. We are extremely...
View ArticleFour Season Bedding for your Class B
When we got our Class B motorhome in 2009 we already were experienced bicycle tent campers and had a variety of sleeping bags. We had several weights of mostly backpacking type down mummy bags. But RV...
View ArticleExtra Power for your Laptop while RVing
We have an older Class B motorhome with a single group 24 deep cycle coach battery. We have learned how to boondock successfully with a mere 75-80 amp hours and stay within our power limits (see...
View ArticleLaura’s Notes from Texas
FINALLY- it’s been waaaaay too long since I’ve been on a road trip. This winter, I decided to head to the southwest, an area I have not been in my RS Adventurous. Good choice! The general route is to...
View ArticleNew Class B Aktiv by Hymer makes North American debut
Less than a month after Roadtrek Motorhomes was sold to the Erwin Hymer Group North America Inc, the company is debuting an all-new Class B motorhome called the Aktiv, on display this weekend at the...
View ArticlePacking your Clothes: Divide, Roll, and Conquer
Class B campers allow notoriously little room for packing lots of clothes. So we borrowed an old sailboat trick. We divided the clothes cupboard to make 8 cubbyholes on the bottom shelf for Roger's...
View ArticleKilling Tumbleweeds
It was time to hit the road from Tucson, AZ to Las Cruces, NM. I’d had a wonderful week in the area, which is worth a separate article. But now I was headed to another famous park, Bosque Del Apache...
View ArticleRV Toilet Seal Replacement
It was a hot fall day when we first noticed the smell. There was no doubt about the source – we had dumped far too many black tanks to have any question. The odor definitely came from the toilet. We...
View ArticleTransforming RV Closet Into Organized Storage
We have long recognized that closet organization is a good way to obtain more storage, find things easily, and rid life of cluttered stuff. Our Roadtrek closet is 15-1/2″ wide x 22″ deep, and like most...
View ArticleRV Tire Inflation on the Go: Portable Air Compressor
When we purchased our used Class B motorhome it needed new tires. The tires had plenty of tread but had “aged out” at over 6 years of age. In addition a close inspection revealed small cracking in the...
View ArticleChoosing an RV? How We Chose our Class B.
As we planned for both of us to retire we talked about getting an RV. We had two friends with RVs, one with a big Class A and one with a Class B. We sure didn't want to be bus drivers, but a van seemed...
View ArticleMeals & Cleanup in a Winterized RV
Many people park their motorhomes in the winter. And of those that still use them, many do not cook in them except for perhaps using the microwave. This is understandable since cleaning up is more of...
View ArticleOn the Road: Microwave Replacement
Why don't things quit working before we hit the road? We had just headed out in our winterized Roadtrek for a 10 day trip when we found the microwave oven would not work. We checked the outlet and...
View ArticleRV Closet Contents Revealed
RV closets are dimly-lit spaces jam-packed with clothes. And the smaller the RV, the more packed the closet. The wardrobe closet in our 19.5 foot Roadtrek 190 Popular is 16-inches wide x 49-inches...
View ArticleIs My Battery Charged?
“What is wrong? My battery was low, so I turned on my generator, and 20 minutes later the battery was full, so I turned off the generator. But 20 minutes later my battery is low again!” We have seen...
View ArticleTough Choices in the Life of an old RV
Our Roadtrek had been running great. We had passed our 200,000 mile service with no issues. Our transmission had been rebuilt at 172,000 miles (a bit short of the expected 200,000 miles) and was ready...
View ArticleMaximizing Storage: Above the Door Shelf Ideas
We always admired Roadtrek's above-the-door pocket shelves (or rail pockets or whatever they're called) used on any of the Chevy or older Dodge models. They are so handy for so many things. People find...
View ArticleReplacing the Headbanger Light
Eight years ago we began changing out the old light bulbs in our Roadtrek for LED bulbs. In an older RV with a single battery, the change to LEDs is a significant power saving. We changed everything...
View ArticleIs Boondocking right for you?
It was the quiet that we most noticed. There were no traffic sounds. No TV sets from nearby campsites. No laughter, no murmuring voices of anyone else. Just us. And yet, camped in the middle of the...
View ArticleRVs are great for other things besides camping
One of the most surprising discoveries over our near six years of traveling across the country in our Roadtrek motorhome is how many other uses there are for an RV besides camping. Let me give you some...
View ArticleAmidst record Class B sales, a Super B show!
We're at the huge Super B RV Show being held near Phoenix, AZ this weekend, surrounded by some 130 Class B and small motorhomes. Nothing larger. No towables, popups, fifth wheels or any other kind of...
View ArticleHow to Test a Battery Isolator
Nearly every motorhome owner will at sometime experience a charging problem with their house battery. Note that even if you have two (or more) house batteries we will use the single term battery in...
View ArticleDog Proofing your RV
We have traveled in our Class B motorhome with 2 to 5 dogs. They are all ~50 lb. Standard Poodles, so shedding was not a problem, but dirty paws were. And the seats in our Roadtrek were in perfect...
View ArticleDecluttering the Kitchen: Out of the Way Sponges
A chronic problem was where to put our kitchen cleaning sponges in our Class B? Left on the counter, they tumble into the aisle when moving. Left in the sink … Decluttering the Kitchen: Out of the Way...
View ArticleThe Class B Plus RV: Maneuverable and Roomy Motorhomes, Perfectly Sized
Most of our RV Lifestyle Fellow Travelers know there are Class A, Class B, and Class C motorhomes, but did you also know there is a Class B Plus RV? It’s confusing, though. A Class B Plus is really a...
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